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Man Forcibly Removed From Airline Due To Overbooking

by Jeff Price | Apr 10, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs, Policies and Procedures

The recent video of a passenger being pulled off an airplane in Chicago is disturbing, to say the least. While we don’t know all the sides to the story yet, there should never be a situation in which a non-violent individual gets to the point of having to be dragged...

Banning Electronics, and What That Means For The Future of Flying

by Jeff Price | Apr 6, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening

Recently, the US put several foreign airlines with routes to the United States on notice that electronics such as laptops must be banned from the cabin. If this issue spreads and is not addressed immediately it will be a crushing blow to aviation, courtesy of a system...

The TSA and the 13-year-old at DFW

by Jeff Price | Mar 29, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures

Here’s the deal: TSA is correct in everything they posted about the pat-down that has gone viral. It looked like all procedures were followed – it still sucks they have to do it, but I understand the threat. It looked like the pat-down was even a bit more thorough...

Laptop Travel Ban

by Jeff Price | Mar 21, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Existing and Emerging Threats, Policies and Procedures

Early on Tuesday, March 21st, the TSA posted an emergency amendment to its carry-on policy prohibiting electronics larger than a cell phone in the cabin on flights from a number of airports. The UK announced a similar ban later the same day. This type of restriction...

Get Out!: Airport Evacuations, Protecting Lives and Reputations During Unplanned Events

by Jeff Price | Mar 17, 2017 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Policies and Procedures

(This article, written by myself and Lori Beckman, originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of Aviation Security International Magazine, and is reprinted here with permission. To view the article in its original format, click HERE.) How do we differentiate...
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Man dead after accessing a runway at Denver International Airport (DIA) and being struck by plane

by Lisa Haas | May 9, 2026 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs | 0 Comments

Late Friday night, May 9th, a man accessed the airfield at Denver International Airport and was struck and killed by a...
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A year later, the bill proposing to abolish the TSA is sitting in committee taking a very long nap. This is the way Congress quietly disposes of ideas it doesn’t want to touch (S.1180 – Abolish TSA Act of 2025 has been in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation since March 27). The bill raises an important question: if the TSA were dismantled, what would replace it? The blog article below, written last year, still offers some useful perspective as you consider your own position on the issue.

https://leadingedgestrategies.com/the-unseen-shield-what-we-lose-if-we-dismantle-the-tsa/

#TSA #airportsecurity

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